In a post today on PJmedia, Alexis Garcia notes how in all the media hullabaloo over the Cain kerfuffle, “we’re losing focus on the narrative.” (Well, maybe that’s the point.) She lists several issues raising issues related to the administration’s actual record in office that have not received the same scrutiny this “scandal” without specifics has generated

Two of the items on Miss Garcia’s list parallel issues on my list of questions for Politico (to see how much attention they devoted to scandals involving Democrats). Since posting that piece, I’ve begun to wonder about other issues which the left-leaning journal has all but ignored, say, Joe Biden’s fabrications in the 2008 vice presidential debate. Did Politico address those (somecommentatorsidentified those fabrications)–and inquire into the then-36-year Washington veteran’s pattern of making things up?

“The Association and Mr. Bennett’s client subsequently entered into an agreement to resolve the matter, without any admission of liability. Mr. Cain was not a party to that agreement.”

So, we’ve got Cain disputing the allegations, the lawyer for the accuser refusing to specify the allegations and confirmation that Mr. Cain was not party to the agreement, suggesting the NRA was more interested in resolving the matter than in disciplining its then-employee.

Even without specifics, Politico has run 90 stories on the kerfuffle. There are far more specifics on Fast and Furious and Solyndra. Not to mention the revolving door between this administration and various special interests, including those lobbyists the president loves to decry. And many can point to Joe Biden’s specific fabrications.

You gotta wonder why Politico has devoted so much time to a story without specifics and has shown so little curiosity for stories with many.

*i.e., we still don’t know what specifically Mr. Cain did that constituted sexual harassment.

UPDATE: Check this image from AOL’s home page. . .

. . . against the details from the article linked:

“Apart from disclosing that his client alleged more than one incident, [one of the accuser’s lawyers Joel] Bennett’s remarks added little of substance to a controversy that erupted nearly a week ago.”

Added little of substance in an article advertised as telling us “what she claims happened ‘several’ times.”

The article headline tell us that Mr. “Cain Campaigns As Sexual Harassment Allegations Build”. Allegations build? If they’re building, then the Huffington Post should be able to provide us some specifics.

Okay, well maybe the allegations are building, but our information isn’t increasing.

Has any mainstream media outlet ever reported trumped-up charges against a Democratic candidate where the accusers refuse to offer any specifics?

Contrary to the assertions of my esteemed colleague streiff, this has nothing to do with blaming messengers or victims. This has everything to do with the fact that it is impossible to evaluate the credibility of an anonymous accusation that contains absolutely no factual details.

Very specific instances. Okay. That’s what we need to hear about. What are they?! They don’t become very specific instances because you say “very specific instances”! That’s still completely abstract. Get specific. Get specific to the point where we can judge for ourselves whether the details amount to something that counts against Cain and that exposes you to a defamation lawsuit if the details are false.

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This is why the Herman Cain “controversy” isn’t gaining any real traction; the MSM refuses to put out the essence of the story, although they want the anonymous woman to speak to give it more life. Her lawyer did not help her today. The Herman Cain “harassment” story is cotton candy hitting the water. It dissolves away…

These incidents include late delivery of pizzas, taking place at hotels during conferences, at other officially sanctioned events and at business offices. Cold pizza and mix-ups on orders. There were also descriptions of physical gestures that were not in keeping with the expectations of a professional pizza delivery person and those who experienced or witnessed them felt uncomfortable with what they regarded as improper in a professional pizza ordering relationship. The gestures were of the delivery person waiting at the door with their one hand out obviously looking to cue the customer for a tip.

What is particularly amusing about all the attacks on Herman Cain is that it is indicative of the battle within the Republican Party, federalists aside. Left libertarians vs right libertarians in an industry inundated with homosexuals/bisexuals where sexual harassment is commonplace.

He certainly didn’t handle this very well which made him look bad. Eh, first-timer’s mistake I suppose which actually could be a point in his favor, i.e. that he isn’t an inside the beltway politician with all the requisite handlers. Well, not yet at least.

V, I’d forgotten all about that. Guess that was what the MSM were hoping for. And didn’t Mr. Jackson pay off his mistress with money from his organization, some of which was, um, donated by the federal government?

TGC: It wouldn’t surprise me if that’s the meme being floated now, or soon will be. As the saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day. I caught a bit of Sean Hannity’s radio show the other day and Tony Blankley laid out a good case for why the allegations didn’t have much “there” there but Cain’s campaign still didn’t handle them well: having to retract or “correct” statements made when more information came out to swinging widely in the blame game beyond just MSM to include even the Perry campaign.

Sooooo…..the problem is, I guess, that Cain doesn’t know how to lie like a politician? The fact of the matter is that there was not “there” there. There was nothing to “prepare” a response for and no real questions to answer. I don’t see how Cain bungled anything.

A former staffer for Rev. Jesse Jackson and his non-profit Rainbow PUSH Coalition alleges in a lawsuit that he was discriminated against because he is gay, allegedly instructed to bring women to Jackson’s hotel rooms and sometimes sexually harassed by Jackson himself.
Tommy Bennett, who filed a sexual discrimination complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights in 2010, filed a lawsuit alleging “pervasive” sexual harassment during his time as a staffer at Rainbow PUSH, a social outreach group started by Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.